Hyderabad police inspector arrested after sexual-exploitation complaint

Police inspector M. Balaswamy of Khairatabad station was arrested following a woman’s complaint alleging sexual exploitation on a promise of marriage, The Hindu and Siasat reported on October 11.

According to the reports, Saidabad police arrested him on October 10. He was then produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody. The inspector is 42 and joined the police in 2009.

The complainant alleges that he promised to marry her and told her he was divorced. She says she later learned that he remained married. According to her account, he refused when she insisted that he fulfil his promise, prompting her to approach police.

Officers registered a case on the basis of her complaint. The allegations about the inspector’s conduct are the complainant’s account and remain subject to investigation and court proceedings.

The Hindu’s report did not provide Balaswamy’s response to the allegations, the duration of the custody order or the legal provisions under which the case was registered.